Objective: The healing process of a traumatic ulcer requires growth factors to rebuild the lost tissue after the inflammatory process has been completed. Liquid rice hull smoke (LR-HS) has shown unique anti-inflammatory properties. This study analyses the role of LR-HS in growth factor stimulation for the healing of traumatic ulcers, such as fibroblast growth factor (FGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), and collagen type 1 (COL-1) expression.
Methods: We obtained LR-HS from the pyrolysis of rice hulls. Traumatic ulcers were created in the labial fornix incisive inferior of Wistar rats and treated with LR-HS once a day for 3, 5, and 7 days. The control group was treated with sterile water. Each animal was sacrificed after treatment, and its labial fornix incisive inferior tissues were biopsied and immunohistochemically stained to examine FGF, VEGF, PDGF, and COL-1 expression.
Result: The treatment of traumatic ulcers with LR-HS showed an increase in FGF, VEGF, PDGF, and COL-1 expression. VEGF expression increased under LR-HS treatment compared with the control 7-day treatment groups ( < 0.000). FGF and COL-1 expression increased under LR-HS treatment compared with the control 5- and 7-day treatment groups ( < 0.000). PDGF expression increased after treatment with LR-HS for 3, 5, and 7 days ( < 0.000).
Conclusion: This study has demonstrated that LR-HS can induce the expression of growth factors during the healing of a traumatic ulcer using immunohistochemical staining. We suggest that LR-HS can be used as a herbal medicine for oral ulcer therapy.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|---|
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8178683 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2021.01.003 | DOI Listing |
Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm
March 2025
Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service de Neurologie, Sclérose en Plaques, Pathologies de la Myéline et Neuro-Inflammation-Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Bron Cedex.
Objectives: To characterize the serum cytokine profile in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) at onset and during follow-up and assess their utility for predicting relapses and disability.
Methods: This retrospective multicentric cohort study included patients aged 16 years and older meeting MOGAD 2023 criteria, with serum samples collected at baseline (≤3 months from disease onset) and follow-up (≥6 months from the baseline), and age-matched and time to sampling-matched patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Eleven cytokines were assessed using the ELLA system.
JCO Clin Cancer Inform
January 2025
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have demonstrated promise in the treatment of various cancers. Single-drug ICI therapy (immuno-oncology [IO] monotherapy) that targets PD-L1 is the standard of care in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with PD-L1 expression ≥50%. We sought to find out if a machine learning (ML) algorithm can perform better as a predictive biomarker than PD-L1 alone.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSci Immunol
January 2025
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Mechanistic understanding of the inhibitory immunoreceptor PD-1 is largely based on mouse models, but human and mouse PD-1 share only 59.6% amino acid identity. Here, we found that human PD-1 is more inhibitory than mouse PD-1, owing to stronger interactions with the ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2 and more efficient recruitment of the effector phosphatase Shp2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPLoS One
January 2025
Department of Clinical Support Services, Division of Laboratory and Pathology Medicine, Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda.
The detection of Estrogen Receptor (ER), Progesterone Receptor (PR), and Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2) is important for the stratification of breast cancer and the selection of therapeutic modalities. This study aimed to determine the quantitative expression of ER, PR and HER-2 using Immunohistochemistry and their correlation with quantitative baseline Ct values measured using Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). This study also assessed the use of fresh breast tissue biopsies preserved in RNAlater solution in the quantitative detection of these receptors using PCR technique.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPLoS One
January 2025
Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Aim: To explore the role of the hub gene Transforming Growth Factor Beta Induced (TGFBI) in Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) pathogenesis and its regulatory relationship with Membrane Associated Ring-CH-Type Finger 8 (MARCHF8).
Background: IDD is a prevalent musculoskeletal disorder leading to spinal pathology. Despite its ubiquity and impact, effective therapeutic strategies remain to be explored.
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!